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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
With more than half of states closing their schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of parents, grandparents, and other caregivers have become de facto “home schoolers” practically overnight. Students in this situation will likely be spending a fair amount of time on screens—as a lifeline, respite, or both. We have compiled some excellent suggestions—updated several times since initial publication—for making at least some of that time educational.
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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
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Smiling through: Thirty-two resources for entertaining energetic preschoolers during daycare and preschool closures
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Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures
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Ways your whole family can volunteer during the COVID-19 crisis
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A test for the test: Moving the AP exams online
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6 ways districts can deliver quality virtual instruction
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Holistic admissions: The good, the bad, the ugly
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How federal charter school grants help marginalized students
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Cheers and Jeers: November 3, 2022
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What we're reading this week: November 3, 2022
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Education Gadfly Show #844: An ode to overly-optimistic teachers, with Seth Gershenson
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Charter schools complicate the narrative on Covid shutdowns and learning loss
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Treating my NAEP hangover
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Determining the factors that lead to kindergarten ability group placement
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Cheers and Jeers: October 27, 2022
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What we're reading this week: October 27, 2022
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Education Gadfly Show #843: Halloween a week early with NAEP results in
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High-achieving middle schoolers have suffered devastating math losses, finds NAEP
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